The term she-rangi seh represents the three melody strings Sarangi is widely believed to mean “a hundred colours” indicating its adaptability to a wide range of musical styles, its flexible tunability, and its ability to produce a large pallette of tonal colour and emotional nuance.It differs from the standard fingering as to when one shifts from the first finger (index) to the second finger (middle finger).Well known sarangi players include Mamman khan, Nathu Khan, Shakoor Khan, Sagiruddin Khan, Hanuman Prasad Mishra, Abdul Lateef Khan,Ustad Majid Khan,Ustad Basheer Khan,Ustad Mahmood Khan,Ustad Sabri Khan and Sultan Khan.Sarangi music is often vocal music. It is rare to find a sarangi player who does not know the words of many classical compositions. Sarangi now enjoys the status of a solo classical instrument due to the single-handed efforts of Ram Narayan. There is a variation to the fingering technique that was used by Ram Narayan.
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